The Eastern Washington Eagles and the Northern Colorado Bears meet in college basketball action from Bank of Colorado Arena on Thursday night.
The Eastern Washington Eagles will look to bounce back after falling to 3-5 with a 99-94 loss to Southern Utah last time out. Tanner Groves leads Eastern Washington in scoring with 16.6 PPG along with 8.9 RPG while Jacob Davison is 2nd in scoring with 14.6 PPG and Kim Aiken Jr. has 11.8 PPG with 8 RPG this year. Tyler Robertson has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 2.7 APG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Eastern Washington coming into this game. As a team, Eastern Washington is averaging 73.9 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 33.3% from 3-point range and 72% from the foul line while giving up 71.5 PPG on 41.3% shooting from the field and 29.4% from 3-point range this season.
The Northern Colorado Bears will look to add to their 7-6 mark after a 75-61 win over Idaho last time out. Bodie Hume leads the Bears in scoring and rebounding with 15.9 PPG along with 7.4 RPG while Daylen Kountz is 2nd in scoring with 12.1 PPG and Matt Johnson Jr. has 11.6 PPG with a team-high 2.3 APG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Northern Colorado coming up to this point in this season. Kur Jockuch has 9 PPG and 6.5 RPG as well for Northern Colorado this season. As a team, Northern Colorado is averaging 67.8 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 36.2% from 3-point range and 64.9% from the foul line while giving up 66.3 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field and 28.1% from 3-point land this season.
Eastern Washington is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 road games and 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games overall while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 road games following three or more consecutive home games. Northern Colorado is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win. The home team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings between these two teams.
It’s hard to make a case for Eastern Washington laying points on the road, as the Eagles are 1-4 SU and 4-1 ATS, meaning the Eagles were underdogs for those games and covered the bulk of them being given too many points. Northern Colorado’s 0-4 ATS at home, but they’re 3-3 SU at home so it’s the opposite, the Bears were winning games, just giving up too many points. Well getting 3.5 with a team that wins games at home, I’m in. Give me Northern Colorado and the points.